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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Voortrekkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What law do the English pass at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) A law prohibiting the Dutch from voting.
(b) A law giving black South Africans the same rights as whites.
(c) A law requiring mandatory military service for all men.
(d) A law making cattle theft punishable by death.

2. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A chunk of gold.
(c) A pot of soil.
(d) Three iron ingots from Phalaborwa.

3. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) One hundred.

4. Who does Tjaart Van Doorn marry when his first wife, Jakoba, dies?
(a) Anna.
(b) Aletta.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Laura.

5. What do Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn help Dr. Nels Linnart collect?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Insects.
(c) Plants and flowers.
(d) Seashells.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, who promises to wait for Nxumalo to return from Zimbabwe and then marry him?

2. What Englishman documents Shaka's later years?

3. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?

4. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?

5. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?

(see the answer key)

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